Gunk on the waste tank walls

[BIG WOOD]

On this tm I just bought, it's got a heavy coating of bleh on the walls from neglect. My pressure washer didn't take much off either. It needs to soak. Anyone have a secret formula they're willing to share to help me on this?

 

[Clean Rug Doug]

4" blade?
I go over the inside and outside of my strainer basket every so often for the gunk that doesn't rinse off. Wouldn't want to do a whole tank.
Curious to hear what others suggest.

 

[Mikey P]

Never really had to do it, but about filling it up and putting 2 gallons of bleach in there and letting it sit overnight

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

I bet liquid drain cleaner would do the trick...

 

[Cleanworks]

Never really had to do it, but about filling it up and putting 2 gallons of bleach in there and letting it sit overnight

I wouldn't let bleach sit over night. Too corrosive. Maybe a couple of hours, then rinse thoroughly

 

[Dolly Llama]

your pressure washer won't shear it with 15 degree tip from 3-4 inches away?

....get a bigger pressure washer..


..L.T.A

 

[Desk Jockey]

Aluminum tank? If so those barnacles are not coming off easy. Soda blast would be the easiest if the tank is removed.

 

[BradFenstermaker]

Fill with hot water and soak with some fabric softener.

Maybe some ptespray too.

The vacuum will be outstanding if you get that cleaned off

 

[Nomad74]

Fill it up with your goats

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

Matt, try Torpedo drain cleaner, it’s super fast acting....
Just don’t use hot water...

 

[BIG WOOD]

Aluminum tank? If so those barnacles are not coming off easy. Soda blast would be the easiest if the tank is removed.

The tank is removed but I don’t know anyone with a soda blaster

 

[BIG WOOD]

Matt, try Torpedo drain cleaner, it’s super fast acting....
Just don’t use hot water...

Put it on straight or dump the whole bottle with the tank filled with water overnight?

 

[Sierra Clean Care]

Put it on straight or dump the whole bottle with the tank filled with water overnight?

I would babysit it. The stuff is insane strong...
I’d fill 1/2- 3/4, then add a bottle or 2...
I wouldn’t leave it overnight.

I’ve used it to unclog drains many times,residentially, and it works fast..

it’s formulated to work in about 15-30 minutes.

wear PPE...

the last time I used hot water, it worked in 3-5 minutes.

The fumes almost killed me..

 

[Mikey P]

 

[Nomad74]

Some people just don’t like the smell of money.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Keep an eye (with goggles) on the progress. You don't want to leave it unattended if its corrosive, you could potentially cause yourself more trouble.

 

[Jimmy L]

There is always liquid flex seal for those things!

Gallon runs $95 out the door!

 

[Desk Jockey]

There is always liquid flex seal for those things!

Gallon runs $95 out the door!

Might be an opportune time to coat the bottom of the tank.

 

[Nomad74]

Might be an opportune time to coat the bottom of the tank.

With cash

 

[BIG WOOD]

With cash

Hey Damon, I just saw that this tank was powder coated also. It's all chipped off from it never being rinsed out. hint hint

 

[sassyotto]

I had a hole in the bottom of my last waste tank so I repaired it and used a steel brush on a drill to scrape the rest to bare metal. Then dried overnight with heat lamps. Then coated it with 2 layers of Flex Seal.

When I got my new machine the very first thing I did was coat the bottom with Flex Seal up 5 inches. Stuff just rinses right off.